So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fight of 2009, Floyd Mayweather against Juan Manuel Marquez, culminating in a live blog of the bout Saturday. Previously — the importance of Mayweather-Marquez; a look at Mayweather’s weaknesses, such as they are; the keys to the fight; and a preview of the stellar undercard. Tomorrow — the ultimate guide. […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fight of 2009, Floyd Mayweather against Juan Manuel Marquez, culminating in a live blog of the bout Saturday. Previously — the importance of Mayweather-Marquez; a look at Mayweather’s weaknesses, such as they are; and the keys to the fight. Tomorrow — the final preview and prediction for […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fight of 2009, Floyd Mayweather against Juan Manuel Marquez, culminating in a live blog of the bout Saturday. Previously — the importance of Mayweather-Marquez and a look at Mayweather’s weaknesses, such as they are. Tomorrow — previewing the (for once in boxing) stellar undercard. There is very […]

So continues our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fight of 2009, Floyd Mayweather against Juan Manuel Marquez, culminating in a live blog of the bout Saturday. Previously — the importance of Mayweather-Marquez. Tomorrow — keys to the fight, breaking down how each man stacks up in important categories. Guides to beating Floyd Mayweather, […]

At this moment, bantamweight Alejandro Valdez ought to be the owner of the 2009 Upset of the Year so far. Instead, somebody in Mexico spun some kind of wheel of crazy to produce three separate rulings about the conclusion of the fight, and curiously enough, the end result saved Fernando Montiel — the bigger star […]

So begins our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fight of 2009, Floyd Mayweather (above left) against Juan Manuel Marquez (above right), culminating in a live blog of the bout Saturday. Today — the importance of Mayweather-Marquez. Tomorrow — a look at Mayweather’s weaknesses, such as they are. What originated in February as an […]

Look, the choice for Saturday evening was watch a couple mismatches on Showtime, or buy one of a couple pay-per-views that probably wouldn’t have been worth the money. I chose the Showtime mismatches. Super middleweights Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward, set to meet in November in the exciting 168-pound Super Six tournament, both scored early, […]

Nothing, and I mean nothing, has gone right for Shane Mosley since the #1 welterweight and top-5 pound-for-pound boxer knocked out Antonio Margarito in January (Mosley, left, Margarito, right; credit: Getty Images). There was no Floyd Mayweather, Jr., nor any Manny Pacquiao, nor any Miguel Cotto. And now he may not even get the second-tier […]

It’s about time to dive head-first into next week’s Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel Marquez coverage. It all kicks off here Sunday, with daily posts about the event throughout the week. Also Sunday, I’ll be on Boxing Truth Radio, talking about Mayweather-Marquez, among other topics. I’ll try to set it up so you can listen from this […]

Jackassery of recent vintage, as predicted, from two of the most prominent figures in the boxing and mixed martial arts world, respectively. First up, UFC boss Dana White, badmouthing boxing: Second up, Top Rank Promotions boss Bob Arum, badmouthing MMA: I think some of the MMA fans I chatted with about this on Twitter after […]

Ever since Filipino Marvin Sonsona won a junior bantamweight title belt over the weekend, things have gotten a little wacky in the Philippines, and in particular in the household of another Filipino junior bantamweight titlist, Nonito Donaire Jr., whose estranged father trains Sonsona. It’s a story that includes shaky facts, family melodrama, national pride and […]

Shaq’s personality is such that he is the most entertaining portion of the above program, “Shaq Vs.,” more so than the idea of him fighting Oscar De La Hoya. Calling himself “Manny Shaquiao” is a stroke of comedy genius. His attempted assault on Bernard Hopkins mid-fight was hilarious. But I do think anyone who watches […]

Honestly, I have no idea why it took me so long to recognize that Liev Schreiber, the narrator of HBO’s “24/7” series, is the same Liev Schreiber who plays Sabretooth (above left). I even watched that tepid “Wolverine” movie on the plane back from Spain. It took until yesterday for me to be illuminated. “Mayweather/Marquez […]

It’s going to get pretty hard soon to avoid the dumb-as-rocks debate over boxing versus mixed martial arts, seeing as how on Sept. 19, the UFC and boxing each are putting on pay-per-view events. Maybe ignoring it is the right way to go. But the parade of morons on the MMA side — and, really, […]

They had a heckuva nice fight north of the border last night, with 19-year-old junior bantamweight Marvin Sonsona proving he was legit by defeating veteran Jose Lopez via decision. Sonsona came up big in two departments that undid other green Filipino prospects in the last year or two: chin (goodnight, Rey Bautista) and stamina (goodnight, […]